...Grant Writing FOR DUMmIES 3RD ‰ EDITION by Dr. Beverly A. Browning, MPA, DBA Grant Writing For Dummies® 3rd Edition , Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River St. Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, 978-750-8400, fax 978-646-8600. Requests to the Publisher for permission should e addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) 748-6011, fax (201)748-6008, or online at http:// www.wiley.com/go/permissions. Trademarks: Wiley, the Wiley Publishing logo, For Dummies, the Dummies Man logo, A Reference for the Rest of Us!, The Dummies Way, Dummies Daily, The Fun and Easy Way, Dummies.com, Making Everything Easier, and related trade dress are trademarks or registered trademarks of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and/ or its affiliates in the United States and other countries, and...
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...The Effects of Subsidizing Education Education subsidies can help many people, but with government regulations certain standards must be achieved, which may not necessarily benefit the whole. On an individual level, education subsidies can be like fertilizer to a garden, and help that person grow. Because a subsidy for education can have an amazing lifelong impact on the beneficiary, the United States would do well to take a lesson from Canada’s subsidy program and find a better balance for when subsidizing education becomes ineffective. Unfortunately due to the federal government’s involvement, priorities have shifted the focus to numbers instead of individuals. Like all externalities, subsidizing education across the board will have positive, as well as negative side effects. Regardless of the increases in federal funding to elementary and secondary schools over decades, “the percentage of students who had completed high school within four years of entering ninth grade is 75 percent today, about the same as it was in the mid-1970s” (McCluskey, 2009) This proves that the ever increasing amounts of government funding to schools below the college level is mainly ineffective. “Congress has increased funding for the schools while imposing layers of rules and regulations on local school districts.” (McCluskey, 2009) According to the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) 2001, “by setting standards, measuring progress, and holding states accountable for their students’ achievement, states...
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...offer up the transmitted disease such as men having sex with men, heterosexual, and the injection drug. Age can define the importance of having the disease as well. Starting at the age of 13 and up until 50; there are still chances to get HIV but the chances decrease the older you get. Looking at this epidemic in different regions of the United States has many concerns over the cases that are from Southern compared to other states in the country (Jen Kates, 2014). Medicaid, Medicare, Ryan White, and others are consumers for HIV/AIDS patients. The number one leading federal funding for HIV/AIDS is the Medicaid. There are over 200 thousand patients with low income or disabled that qualify for Medicaid that have HIV/AIDS. The federal government provides over 27.1 billion dollars per year to aid the research and development in the prevention and cure. With all the new technology and funding from the government and other agencies, HIV/AIDS epidemic has seen significant decreases in the number of patients tested positive ("30 Years of Hiv/aids",...
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... • Write a 150- to 200-word response answering the following questions: o What is the significance of Alexander Hamilton’s financial program? o How did Hamilton’s financial program play a role in the creation of a two-party political system? The significances of Alexander Hamilton’s financial program were to design to prop up the nation’s fiancés and ensure the continued financial strength. Hamilton’s two main goals were to: use the power of the federal government to make the United States both economically strong and independent of Europe, through national manufacturing and commerce; and to link the interests of America’s wealthy to the interests of the new government. Hamilton’s financial program played a huge role in the creation of a two-party political system bringing the states together under one central government bank through a new system and new taxes; Hamilton wanted the central government to pay the debts of the states from the Revolutionary War. Hamilton also wanted to strengthen the national bank and then had the bank called “the bank of the United States”. With Hamilton program there were people who did not like the economic programs Hamilton had developed and this led to the splitting of American politics into two major political parties: The Federalists party supported Hamilton financial program; and the opposition, called the Republicans did not. Hamilton consolidation of power for his program...
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...Introduction The relationship between the central government and local governments in China has always been an important issue. Many people believe that the public administration of big countries has a confusing problem that in the formal system, how the policies made by senior policymakers can be implemented by adaptive agents of middle and basic levels (Lin & Liu, 2000). China has the largest population in the world, the authoritarian system and the implementation gap in the field of policy increase the complexity of the problem. Since the end of 1980s, political reform took place under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping and Zhao Ziyang, a relatively free political environment existed, thus a nationwide debate of neo-authoritarianism occurred among government officials and intellectuals (Landry, 2008). The collapse of the former Soviet Union made Chinese people again worry about the weakness of central power, the intellectual field even began to doubt the long-term vitality of communist countries. Therefore, after the Tiananmen Square protests calmed down, Central government of China tightened its control over all provinces through restructuring the cadre appointment system (Brødsgaard, 2002). In this paper, the author will analyze how has the Central government asserted its control over the local governments since the 1990s, and make a critical evaluation of its effectiveness. 2. Central government’s policies on local governments since the 1990s 2.1 First stage: 1990-1993 Since...
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...FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GUIDE FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL SEPTEMBER 2008 Questions about this guide may be directed to the National Endowment for the Arts, Office of Inspector General, Room 601, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20506, Telephone (202) 682-5402. Questions about the terms and conditions of grants and cooperative agreements may be directed to the Office of Grants and Contracts, Room 618, Telephone (202) 6825403. Table of Contents Page Use of the Guide .................................................................................................................................... 1 Accountability Requirements ................................................................................................................ 1 Financial Management Standards ............................................................................................. 1 Internal Control Standards ........................................................................................................ 2 Audit Standards ......................................................................................................................... 3 Reporting Standards .................................................................................................................. 4 Subgranting .............................................................................................................................
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...actual or ability to perform an activity according to several requirements. The local authority or local government, as its responsibilities to deliver services which appropriates for peoples in regional governance in make sure it fulfill the needs by people. An appropriate services may determines through several collection of demand gained through comments and critics, however, due to our situations today as the development of technology was crazily fluctuate, so the local government need to consider in providing services which aligns with changes of technology development. Based on local government in United Kingdom, they had implemented the Customer Relation Management (CRM), as before used by most private sectors in order to collect the purchase, keeping the history and the extension; which based on the continuation of customer in getting their products or services (King, S. F., 2007). The implementation of such technology into local government will allow it’s people to choose their own school, healthcare services, and etcetera. By noticing this improvement made by other local government outside Malaysia, we should take another steps in providing the suitable process of choosing the service to peoples. Scott Anthony (2012) the famous author of The Little Black Book of Innovation had shares he precious ideas on predicts the services which could be used by the local government of Malaysia the inspiration sources in providing effective and efficient services. Get the context is...
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...Federalism is a system of government where power is distributed between local and nation government. In the USA, it is split between state governments and national (federal) government. This system of government was introduced to the USA in the Constitution. The Founding Fathers wanted to unite the states without giving the federal government, or any individual state, too much power. As this was not the case when the states were under the control of Britain, or under the Articles of Confederation, it was seen as very important when writing the constitution. In contrast, the UK is traditionally a unitary state with all laws for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales all being decided in Westminster. However, UK government could now be described as quasi-federal after large devolution to the Northern Ireland and Wales Assemblies, the Scottish Parliament, and the European Union. From 1780 to 1920, federalism was how it was laid out in the constitution, and is now described as ‘dual federalism’. States had the most power, because the constitution stated that the “powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” This meant that the federal government were only involved in matters strictly mentioned by the Constitution. This is illustrated by the fact that at the time of President Washington, there were only three federal departments: the Treasury, War, and State. At...
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...A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT ON NIGERIAN FEDERALISM: PATH TO A TRUE FEDERAL SYSTEM BY: IRABOR PETER ODION 07037830536 p24real2000@yahoo.com DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL STUDIES, FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) POTISKUM, YOBE STATE BEING A PAPER PRESENTED AT THE 4TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY COLLEGES OF EDUCATION ACADEMICS STAFF UNION (COEASU) FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) POTISKUM CHAPTER HELD AT I.B.B HALL F.C.E (T) POTISKUM, YOBE STATE 31ST OCTOBER, 2011-4TH NOVEMBER 2011 ABSTRACT It is no gain saying that Nigeria is one of those countries that operates a federal system of government along side with the western world. Given the territorially delineated cleavages abounding in Nigeria and the historical legacy of division among ethnic groups, regions, and sections, the federal imperative was so fundamental that even the military government- characteristically Unitarian, hierarchical, and centralist- attached importance to the continuation of a federal system of government. But it must be said here that, while the system benefit most western countries, the reverse is the case for Nigeria considering the high level of political instability, ethnic crisis, and ethno/religious crisis among others The reason is not far fetch; Nigeria is operating a federal system in an awkward manner and this has make frictions and clashes possible which are currently posing a threat to her political development. To this end, this paper seeks to analyze Nigerian federalism from...
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...THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE – REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOANS BOARD 1.0 Historical background of Local Government Loans Board in Tanzania 1.1 Introduction The Local Government Loans Board (LGLB) is the local government credit institution in Tanzania affiliated with the Prime Minister’s Office – Regional Administration and Local Government (PMO-RALG). Historically, the LGLB was originally established way back in 1953 when the Local Councils Board as it was then known, was established by the British Colonial Government under Cap 333 of the Local Government Ordinance and has gone through various transformations including abolition in 1972. On the other hand, the present Local Government Loans Board was established in 1986 derives its legitimacy from Part V of the Local Government Finances Act No 9 of 1982, Cap 290 RE. 2002. LGLB currently is therefore a single lending window that accommodates the borrowing needs of all 133 Local Government Authorities in Tanzania Mainland. Since its inception (re-establishment) in 1986, the Board chairperson, who is normally the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry responsible for Local Governments, has been changing following reformation of ministries by the President of the United Republic of Tanzania. The LGLB has therefore been operation under different ministries as mentioned in the table below: Table: Years with respect to Ministries that LGLB has been...
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...PA 584 Week 6 Intergovernmental Management You Decide Assignment The ethical issue at hand is that the FEMA Training Manager Jim Phanner, who is also in charge of providing the federal grant to the state, is trying to persuade me to use the service of one of his friend’s company. Jim mentioned that he is the one who was in charge of providing the grant and that his friend Pat Provedor, who is a sales representative at Timo Manufacturing company and that his services should be utilized. Jim is trying to push me to use Pat’s company and advising that he may be invite me to watch the game in the company’s skybox as an exchange for the business that he will receive. Competitive bidding would be useful in this case because the state would want to go for the cheapest bid but in addition to the most reliable company so that it shows that federal dollars are not being used wastefully. The only impediment that I see is that the Timo Manufacturing Company that was mentioned is not trying to negotiate and it was stated by Jim that they may not be the cheapest but they are good. In this case it poses a problem because there is a small amount of time that I have to make a decision as to the company that I should use. My supervisor Justine White also mentioned that she wants it be done in all efficiency because she wants good press to come out of this. If I were...
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...foundation for compliance Brian Markham, CISA University of Maryland at College Park Office of Information Technology Goals for today: Give you a solid understanding of both Data Classification and Data Privacy with respect to compliance; Link data classification and privacy to ongoing compliance issues; Discuss various best practices, methodologies, and approaches that you can take with you; Do my best to answer any questions you may have on audit related issues regarding these topics. So...who am I? IT Compliance Specialist @ the Office of Information Technology at UMCP Responsible for audit and compliance initiatives within OIT Formerly employed by KPMG LLP and Grant Thornton LLP as an IS Auditor Have worked with many federal, state, and local governments as well as public companies, hospitals, and not-for-profits. Why do we want to be in compliance? No one likes audit findings; Reduces organizational risk; Processes based on best practice and widely adopted standards are more effective than ad-hoc processes; Systems and data are more secure as a result of good internal control practices. What is Data Privacy? Data Privacy - the relationship between technology and the legal right to, or public expectation of privacy in the collection and sharing of data. The U.S. has trailed the E.U. and other countries in data privacy regulations and legislation; Passed Legislation: HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, COPPA; Proposed Legislation: Data Accountability and Trust Act, Personal...
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...victims of the issues presented, and are thus also the primary beneficiaries of any potential affirmative action. Subject to inhumane living conditions that could potentially result in fatalities, the residents of Attawapiskat have a moral stake in the well being of their health and lifestyle - no one deserves to conform to such hazardous standards of living. In addition, under the premise of equality and the Canadian Human Rights Act, citizens of the reserve have a right to equitable treatment by the federal government of Canada. This has clearly not been the case as officials from the Department of Aboriginal Affairs have frequented the community in the past, yet have neglected to recognize the crisis until recently. Furthermore, considering that the community privately owns its land, inhabitants are legally entitled to compensation from De Beers Canada, as the Victor mine is situated on Attawapiskat land. Finally, the community of Attawapiskat has a financial stake in government and corporate (De Beers) intervention, as they desire a certain level of economic support. In terms of stakeholder claims, the community is a highly legitimate stakeholder as their desire for higher standards of living are justified by society’s expectations that people should not have to endure such hardship. In addition, as evident by Chief Theresa Spence declaring an emergency housing crisis, this is a highly urgent matter for the Attawapiskat community. Assembly of First Nations: The aim of...
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...ACC591 GNFP Spring Term, 2013 Prof Orpurt Homework #3 Due: Friday April 19 by 5pm. I prefer that you drop off a printed or NEATLY written paper version of your homework. Question 1: A wealthy donor promised $1 million to the local art museum to expand the size of its building, contingent on the museum obtaining a grant from the State Endowment for the Arts of at least $500,000. Upon completing the signed agreement with the donor, the museum should: A. Record a debit to Contributions Receivable-Temporarily Restricted in the amount of $1,000,000. B. Record a debit to Contributions Receivable-Temporarily Restricted in the amount of $500,000. C. Not make a journal entry until the conditions of the agreement have been met. D. Either A. or C. are permissible, depending on the museum’s established policy. Question 2: Sharon Helper, a local CPA, volunteered her time to develop a new computerized accounting system for an after-school development program for disadvantaged children. If Sharon had not volunteered her time, it would have been necessary for the organization to hire an accountant for this project. The value of Sharon’s time devoted to this project should be recorded as: A. Contributed revenue. B. A supporting services expense. C. Neither A. nor B. are correct. D. Both A. and B. are correct. Question 3: A nongovernmental not-for-profit animal shelter receives contributed services from the following individuals valued at their normal billing rates: Veterinarian provides volunteer...
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...MA Special Module 2012 ExamREADINESS 170 Intensive Review Questions Ed. The Number One Source of Exam and OntheJob Information STUDY INFORM ATION FOR EX AM CANDIDATES Special Module ExamREADINESS 170 Review Questions Covering Federal Contract Administration ã ExamREVIEW PRO & ExamREVIEW PRESS 2012 All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publisher. Important – Please Read Due to the variety of fonts installed on the users' systems, Acrobat may prompt you to download an additional language component (which is FREE from Adobe anyway). If you receive a message saying that a Traditional Chinese language pack has to be downloaded in order to load this eBook, please click YES to have Acrobat download the update. The size of the update is about 7M. Don’t worry, this download is safe. Table of Contents PRACTICE TEST MODULE 1................................................................................................4 PRACTICE TEST MODULE 2..............................................................................................45 PRACTICE TEST MODULE 3............................................................................................106 PRACTICE TEST MODULE 4............................................................................................167 PRACTICE TEST MODULE 5..........................
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